Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of fermentation. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for production of products by use of living cells or active components derived from such cells using a bioreactor having a built in gas distributor and a specific system/device for handling foam formed in the process. The invention also relates to a bioreactor comprising: a reaction chamber having a fermentation zone and a foam settling zone, wherein the reaction chamber is arranged such that the foam settling zone is spaced from or physically separated from the fermentation zone so as to reduce the effect of activity in the fermentation zone on foam in the settling zone. The separation of the fermentation zone from the activity of the fermentation zone encourages settling of the foam.

Abstract: A process for making an at least partially coated electrode active material may involve, with an electrode active material of formula Li1?xTM1?xO2, wherein TM is a combination of Ni, Co and, optionally, Mn, and, optionally, at least one metal selected from Al, Ti and Zr, and x is in the range of from 0 to 0.2, treating the electrode active material with at least one compound of W or Mo that bears at least one group or ion that is replaced or displaced when such compound reacts with the surface of the electrode active material particle, treating the surface-reacted material with an agent to decompose the compound of W or Mo, repeating the sequence 1 to 100 times, wherein the average thickness of the resulting coating is in the range of from 0.1 to 50 nm.

Abstract: A ground cover strip is provided for use with a modular home skirting system to provide ground cover for protecting the skirting system during grounds maintenance and for suppressing vegetation. The ground cover strip includes flexible straight and corner pieces laid end-to-end on the ground surface around a perimeter of the modular home. The ground cover strip has a bottom, an outer edge, an inner edge, and a top between the outer and inner edges. The top has an open channel formed therein which faces upwardly and receives a base of a ground channel member. The top also has an outer portion that slopes downwardly from the open channel to the outer edge. Anchoring spikes are driven through the base of the ground channel member and the ground cover strip and into the ground to anchor the ground cover strip and the ground channel member to the ground.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods and compounds for the production of sterile fish and other egg-producing aquatic animals. The methods include/the compounds are useful to cause disruption of gonadal development in fish or other egg-producing aquatic animals through the administration of compounds that lead to the failure of fertile gonadal development, and thus to reproductively sterile fish or other egg-producing aquatic animals. The methods and compounds are for use in e.g. aquaculture, the aquarium trade or control of invasive species.

Abstract: A nut paste preparation for food and beverages is formed by processing blanched, unroasted nuts into a nut based flour having a mean particle size between about 0.002 and 0.012 inches. The processing occurs without adding water and oil. The temperature during processing does not exceed 140 degrees Fahrenheit. The nut based flour is sheared without adding water and oil to form a nut paste. The temperature during shearing does not exceed 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The nut paste after shearing has a mean particle size of about 1 to about 40 microns.

Abstract: A food and beverage paste preparation is formed by delivering a flour derived from nuts, seeds, grain or beans into a shear mixer. The flour may have a mean particle size between about 0.002 and 0.012 inches and a moisture content between about 4 to about 6 percent. The flour is sheared without adding water for mixing to form a food and beverage paste. The temperature during shearing does not exceed 120 degrees Fahrenheit and the food and beverage paste after shearing has a mean particle size of about 1 to about 40 microns.

Abstract: A ground cover strip is provided for use with a modular home skirting system to provide ground cover for protecting the skirting system during grounds maintenance and for suppressing vegetation. The ground cover strip includes flexible straight and corner pieces laid end-to-end on the ground surface around a perimeter of the modular home. The ground cover strip has a bottom, an outer edge, an inner edge, and a top between the outer and inner edges. The top has an open channel formed therein which faces upwardly and receives a base of a ground channel member. The top also has an outer portion that slopes downwardly from the open channel to the outer edge. Anchoring spikes are driven through the base of the ground channel member and the ground cover strip and into the ground to anchor the ground cover strip and the ground channel member to the ground.

Abstract: A catheter has a distal assembly with at least one loop with ring electrodes. A single continuous puller wire for bidirectional deflection is pre-bent into two long portions and a U-shape bend therebetween. The U-shape bend is anchored at a distal end of a deflectable section which is reinforced by at least one washer having at least two holes, each hole axially aligned with a respective lumen in the deflectable section. Each hole is centered with a lumen so that each puller wire portion therethrough is straight and subjected to tensile force only. A proximal end of the support member is flattened and serrated to provide a better bonding to the distal end of the deflectable section.

Abstract: Provided herein are microtiter plates, systems, and uses thereof. In particular, provided herein are microtiter plates with diffusion channels and their use in co-culture applications (e.g. in high throughput screening).

Abstract: A gallium nitride (GaN) power amplifier having a plurality of amplifier stages integrated into a monolithic integrated circuit is disclosed. The plurality of amplifier stages is coupled together between a radio frequency signal input and a radio frequency signal output, wherein at least one of the plurality of amplifier stages includes a first GaN transistor that is configured to have a first breakdown voltage that is no more than 75% of a second breakdown voltage of a second GaN transistor included in a different one of the plurality of amplifier stages.

Abstract: A balloon of a balloon catheter must be able to withstand fatigue to its componentry caused by multiple cycles of repeat motions, such as deployment from a lumen of the catheter, expanding the balloon, collapsing the balloon, and withdrawal of the balloon into the lumen. The catheter balloon may include plurality of electrode substrates, each including a plurality of tails. A reinforcement component, which may be a portion of another balloon, may be disposed over at least some of the plurality of tails and attached to the membrane. Where tails are provided on the proximal and distal ends of the balloon, two reinforcement mechanisms may be used.

Abstract: Provided herein are microtiter plates, systems, and uses thereof. In particular, provided herein are microtiter plates with diffusion channels and their use in co-culture applications (e.g. in high throughput screening).

Abstract: A cold-rolled flat steel product for deep drawing applications including in addition to Fe and unavoidable impurities (in % by weight) C: 0.008%-0.1%, Al: 6.5%-12%, Nb: 0.1%-0.2%, Ti: 0.15-0.5%, P: <0.1%, S: <0.03%, N: <0.1% and optionally one or more elements from the group of Mn, Si, REM, Mo, Cr, Zr, V, W, Co, Ni, B, Cu, Ca, N, where 2.5?% Ti/% Nb?1.5. Also a method of producing such a flat steel product including casting a pre-product, which is then hot-rolled into a hot strip with a hot rolling end temperature of 820-1000° C. and wound at a winding temperature of up to 750° C. After winding, the hot strip is annealed at an annealing temperature of >650-1200° C. for 1-50 h, then cold-rolled in one or more stages with a total cold rolling level of ?65% and finally annealed at 650-850° C.

Abstract: A catheter has a distal assembly with at least one loop with ring electrodes. A single continuous puller wire for bidirectional deflection is pre-bent into two long portions and a U-shape bend therebetween. The U-shape bend is anchored at a distal end of a deflectable section which is reinforced by at least one washer having at least two holes, each hole axially aligned with a respective lumen in the deflectable section. Each hole is centered with a lumen so that each puller wire portion therethrough is straight and subjected to tensile force only. A proximal end of the support member is flattened and serrated to provide a better bonding to the distal end of the deflectable section.

Abstract: An integrated circuit die having a substrate with a first device stack disposed upon the substrate and a second device stack spaced from the first device stack and disposed upon the substrate is disclosed. The second device stack includes a first portion of a channel layer and a threshold voltage shift layer disposed between the first portion of the channel layer and the substrate, wherein the threshold voltage shift layer is configured to set a threshold voltage that is a minimum device control voltage required to create a conducting path within the first portion of the channel layer.

Abstract: Provided herein are microtiter plates, systems, and uses thereof. In particular, provided herein are microtiter plates with diffusion channels and their use in co-culture applications (e.g. in high throughput screening).

Abstract: An integrated circuit die having a substrate with a first device stack disposed upon the substrate and a second device stack spaced from the first device stack and disposed upon the substrate is disclosed. The second device stack includes a first portion of a channel layer and a threshold voltage shift layer disposed between the first portion of the channel layer and the substrate, wherein the threshold voltage shift layer is configured to set a threshold voltage that is a minimum device control voltage required to create a conducting path within the first portion of the channel layer.

Abstract: A catheter with a variable circular loop is responsive to a contraction wire for increasing the coiling of the circular loop. The shape of the loop is supported by an elongated member, wherein a radially constrictive sleeve confines the contraction wire to extends immediately alongside the length of elongated member so as to improve uniformity and minimize misshaping of the loop during contraction.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) control circuit is provided. The RF control circuit includes power amplifier (PA) circuitry for amplifying an RF signal and control circuitry configured to improve linearity of the PA circuitry based on a PA signature(s) already available and utilized to perform digital pre-distortion (DPD) in the RF control circuit. In examples discussed herein, the control circuitry determines a performance deviation of the PA circuitry based on the PA signature and continuously adjusts a bias voltage(s) supplied to the PA circuitry until the performance deviation is reduced to a predetermined performance deviation threshold. By continuously monitoring the performance deviation based on the PA signature(s) and adjusting the bias voltage(s), the control circuitry can detect and correct an operation abnormality of the PA circuitry in a timely manner. As a result, it is possible to maintain linearity in the PA circuitry for enhanced PA performance.

Abstract: A catheter has a distal assembly with at least one loop with ring electrodes. A single continuous puller wire for bidirectional deflection is pre-bent into two long portions and a U-shape bend therebetween. The U-shape bend is anchored at a distal end of a deflectable section which is reinforced by at least one washer having at least two holes, each hole axially aligned with a respective lumen in the deflectable section. Each hole is centered with a lumen so that each puller wire portion therethrough is straight and subjected to tensile force only. A proximal end of the support member is flattened and serrated to provide a better bonding to the distal end of the deflectable section.